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romney won the nomination has been he was able to compete on the issue of the economy, but on a host of other issues and a host of personal characteristics, the president was ahead. and that has helped him stay ahead in the horse race polls. what you've seen since the first debate obviously is in some plac places, in colorado, wisconsin, the president's margin has come town a bit. in virginia, it stayed the same. the reason why virginia is so much better for the president is the economy is so much better in virginia than it is in much of the rest of the country. the unemployment rate in virginia is less than 6%. so it's tougher for mr. romney to come into virginia and say things aren't good and it's barack obama's fault when in fact things in virginia are pretty good. >> also here president obama maintains significant leads over mr. romney on the issue of trust and honesty. governor romney is behind on that in colorado and wisconsin and hits just 46% in virginia. and based on those numbers when you've looked at that, is that the key for the obama campaign here, to hammer on issues of
romney won the nomination has been he was able to compete on the issue of the economy, but on a host of other issues and a host of personal characteristics, the president was ahead. and that has helped him stay ahead in the horse race polls. what you've seen since the first debate obviously is in some plac places, in colorado, wisconsin, the president's margin has come town a bit. in virginia, it stayed the same. the reason why virginia is so much better for the president is the economy is so...
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we're all concerned about the economy. everyone wants to work. and we know that there are men who are concerned about women's health issues as well, but when you're looking at women and the president gaining amongst them in florida even though a lot of these issues were not hit strongly by the president, what do you make of it? >> i think the idea is just explaining how these pocketbook issues affect women differently from men. for example, paul ryan's plans for medicare, medicaid and what he wants to do with social security, which is basically to turn them into voucher systems are going to disproportionately harm women. there's a lot of different ways to look at how these economic issues, including reproductive rights affect women disproportionately. for undecided voters, you have to spell it out. in the next few debates we'll see a more explicit hitch about how paul ryan and mitt romney's plans affect women disproportionately, whether they be health issues, whether they be safety issues or whether they're tax or economic issues. paul ryan wants
we're all concerned about the economy. everyone wants to work. and we know that there are men who are concerned about women's health issues as well, but when you're looking at women and the president gaining amongst them in florida even though a lot of these issues were not hit strongly by the president, what do you make of it? >> i think the idea is just explaining how these pocketbook issues affect women differently from men. for example, paul ryan's plans for medicare, medicaid and...
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he's ahead on the economy in florida, ahead on the economy in virginia, but behind in ohio. it sort of tells me, that sort of explains the leads. maybe it's better, as good as any number that you have out there. >> sure. this is such an important question in terms of not only the right direction, which has gotten a little tighter in terms of people thinking things are heading a little better than they were, but in terms of the economy, romney in the driver's seat in those two states but not necessarily in ohio. and the favorable or unfavorable, very important here. romney lifted his favorabilities in all three states as a result of the debate. but in ohio, he's still upside down. obama still over 50 in all three states. so he didn't get hurt. romney got helped. the race got closer. >> we also had a conservative ideological advantage of conservative in the exit polls. what do you tell folks that look at those numbers? >> this tells you you can't weight your data by party idea. we've said it a million times during the campaign. there's national polls. they had a 15-point swing
he's ahead on the economy in florida, ahead on the economy in virginia, but behind in ohio. it sort of tells me, that sort of explains the leads. maybe it's better, as good as any number that you have out there. >> sure. this is such an important question in terms of not only the right direction, which has gotten a little tighter in terms of people thinking things are heading a little better than they were, but in terms of the economy, romney in the driver's seat in those two states but...
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and some how the economy will improve. they don't want you it know that the 1% as they like to label us pay more than 31% of the taxes in this country. but he's wrong. they today 21.6% of the taxes in 2011. but here's the key they earned 21% of all the income. the middle 20% earned 11.4% of the income and paid 10.3% of the taxes. and the bottom 20% earned only 3.4% of the taxes and paid 2.1% of the taxes. in the end it all evens out. people pay the same percentage of the taxes as they earned of the income. sound pretty darn fair to me, david. no redistribution there. just carrying one's fair share. yet david said he's so frustrated his motivation to work may be destroyed all together because of the current system. he blamed it all on a system that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. but again he is wrong. government has to take from all for the good of all. including for the good of mr. siegel. just one example. westgate's property at the smoky mountain resort and spa in gatlinberg tennessee people go t
and some how the economy will improve. they don't want you it know that the 1% as they like to label us pay more than 31% of the taxes in this country. but he's wrong. they today 21.6% of the taxes in 2011. but here's the key they earned 21% of all the income. the middle 20% earned 11.4% of the income and paid 10.3% of the taxes. and the bottom 20% earned only 3.4% of the taxes and paid 2.1% of the taxes. in the end it all evens out. people pay the same percentage of the taxes as they earned of...
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it's not the deficit, it's the economy, wall street, meltdown. he starts talking about we put iraq, afghanistan, wars that biden himself voted for, he went down the wrong route after introducing a good point there. >> paul ryan didn't push him on that, wasn't quick enough to recognize -- >> you voted to are that, sir. >> that would have been painful. the stimulus letter discussion was absolutely devastating. >> i love my friend here. i'm not allowed to show letters. go on our website. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin? we sent millions of dollars. >> you did ask for stimulus money? >> on two oaks we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. we do that for all constituents. >> i love that. i love that. >> i love that, too. once again, obstructionist republicans opposing policies that they actually support and know will be valuable for americans. >> the romney team had a bit of an issue this week, romney had a multiple choice situa
it's not the deficit, it's the economy, wall street, meltdown. he starts talking about we put iraq, afghanistan, wars that biden himself voted for, he went down the wrong route after introducing a good point there. >> paul ryan didn't push him on that, wasn't quick enough to recognize -- >> you voted to are that, sir. >> that would have been painful. the stimulus letter discussion was absolutely devastating. >> i love my friend here. i'm not allowed to show letters. go...
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he offered no new ideas for how to fix the economy. i welcome the chance to share my vision for renewed prosperity and opportunity and i think it compared quite favorably to president obama's policy for big, trickle-down government. >> this past hour, mitt romney's son, josh, met with reporters in the swing state of virginia. it's part of a day-long effort the campaign is calling super saturday, with volunteers going door to door in battleground states. president obama has no public events today. he will head to california tomorrow, where he is expected to tout the new jobs number, 7.8%, and some big fund-raising numbers out today. president obama and the democrats raised $181 million in september, the highest single-month total so far. more on all these stories throughout the next two hours. >>> the campaign focus shifts a bit next week to the vice presidential nominees. paul ryan and joe biden will face off in their only debate next thursday night. paul ryan has just left his four-day debate camp. he is heading back to wisconsin for
he offered no new ideas for how to fix the economy. i welcome the chance to share my vision for renewed prosperity and opportunity and i think it compared quite favorably to president obama's policy for big, trickle-down government. >> this past hour, mitt romney's son, josh, met with reporters in the swing state of virginia. it's part of a day-long effort the campaign is calling super saturday, with volunteers going door to door in battleground states. president obama has no public...
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the second thing is the economy, but the economy to the extent it improves the jobs situation. and undoubtedly the job number and the job report friday had a very positive effect on voters. jound lying the presidential contest is who do you trust more to get jobs back -- >> but professor reich, i'm being told every day these polls are a conspiracy, these jobs numbers were a conspiracy. the bureau wation involved in some kind of, i don't know, alien abduction, and produced goous statistics. >> that's paranoia on the right, and the right has been paranoid for years. the bureau of labor statistics is completely insulated from politics. these are professionals. whether the president is republican or democrat, they have a record of telling it exactly as it is. they understand how sensitive these job numbers are, and anybody who thinks that the bureau of labor statistics is sort of gaming the system not only has no idea what the system is, has no idea what bls, the bureau of labor statistics, stands for and their record, but also is sort of paranoid about everything. if things are no
the second thing is the economy, but the economy to the extent it improves the jobs situation. and undoubtedly the job number and the job report friday had a very positive effect on voters. jound lying the presidential contest is who do you trust more to get jobs back -- >> but professor reich, i'm being told every day these polls are a conspiracy, these jobs numbers were a conspiracy. the bureau wation involved in some kind of, i don't know, alien abduction, and produced goous...
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the economy was in free fall. we had a great recession hit. 9 million people lost their job. $1.6 trillion in wealth lost in equity in your homes and retirement accounts for the middle class. we knew we had to act for the middle class. we immediately went out and rescued general motors. we went ahead and made sure we cut taxes for the middle class and in addition to that, when that occurred, what did romney do? romney said, no, let detroit go bankrupt. we moved in and helped people refinance their homes. governor romney said, no, let foreclosures hit the bottom. but it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. my friend recently in a speech in washington said 30% of the american people are takers. these people are my mom and dad, the people i grew up with, my neighbors. they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. they are elderly people who, in fact, are living off social security. they are ve
the economy was in free fall. we had a great recession hit. 9 million people lost their job. $1.6 trillion in wealth lost in equity in your homes and retirement accounts for the middle class. we knew we had to act for the middle class. we immediately went out and rescued general motors. we went ahead and made sure we cut taxes for the middle class and in addition to that, when that occurred, what did romney do? romney said, no, let detroit go bankrupt. we moved in and helped people refinance...
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number one for joe biden, the economy at just over 6:00. number one for ryan, budget and taxes at almost 7:00. ryan, budget and taxes, number two issue, ryan, the economy. mirror image of biden. vice president spent third most time talking about the problems in the arab world for the congressman from wisconsin. number three, entitlements, such as medicare, social security. that's our team of timers actually scored it. unlike the last debate, what was also striking, how similar two candidates were to the time they devoted to key issues, not because they agreed, instead because for every punch, an equally sharp counterpunch. some examples, each different almost completely. but at times, around 5:00 each were nearly identical. same on foreign policy side on iran, again, disagreement, and again about equal time. 4:30 each. likewise on ending the war in afghanistan. the vice president and congressman ryan spoke for nearly the same length of time about 5:00. however, what they said could not be more different. like night and day. correspondents s
number one for joe biden, the economy at just over 6:00. number one for ryan, budget and taxes at almost 7:00. ryan, budget and taxes, number two issue, ryan, the economy. mirror image of biden. vice president spent third most time talking about the problems in the arab world for the congressman from wisconsin. number three, entitlements, such as medicare, social security. that's our team of timers actually scored it. unlike the last debate, what was also striking, how similar two candidates...
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he made a very strong case and, you know, i really think that his passion for making sure that the economy grows for the middle class came through. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us from an equally blusyer white house. >> reporter: oh, yes. >> does the president owe mr. biden a beer or two after last night's street fight in kentucky? >> reporter: i tell you, maybe some of that white house honey porter -- >> that's what i'm thinking. >> reporter: that they brew over here. >> that stuff you drink most days, mike, yes. >> reporter: you know, there's the spin room they have after the debates and then there's under the wing on the tarmac. i don't recall the president ever doing that. i think it was wheels down around 11:00 last night coming back from his florida rally. he watched the debate aboard air force one. i think they timed his return just so he could do that. i don't recall the president not only stopping under the wing at air force one to give his two cents and endorse what joe biden had accomplished in the president's view in that debate, but he got here on the south lawn once marine on
he made a very strong case and, you know, i really think that his passion for making sure that the economy grows for the middle class came through. >> nbc's mike viqueira joins us from an equally blusyer white house. >> reporter: oh, yes. >> does the president owe mr. biden a beer or two after last night's street fight in kentucky? >> reporter: i tell you, maybe some of that white house honey porter -- >> that's what i'm thinking. >> reporter: that they brew...
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if both sides keep kissing off this issue, kiss this economy goodbye. welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto, downgrade, anyone? stock market crash, anyone? a recession, anyone? don't laugh, to hear even the most optimistic economist tell it, if we don't do something at the end of the year there goes any hope of a sustained recovery. don't just take my word for it but take your boss' word, a third of manufacturers will put off hiring because of it and 83 percent see a stalemate if their business if washington does nothing. now, my guest has a message for washington. get off your ass and do it. it is amazing, jim, they are whistling past the graveyard. they are not even doing that. they are not saying anything about it. >>guest: this is the big of the failure of american politics as the great depression. we are operating without a debt, operating against the debt ceiling ready to hit and now putting in the biggest tax increase in this country's history in a weak economy that is growing at 1.3 percent. people are saying, well, they will get it fixed but it i
if both sides keep kissing off this issue, kiss this economy goodbye. welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto, downgrade, anyone? stock market crash, anyone? a recession, anyone? don't laugh, to hear even the most optimistic economist tell it, if we don't do something at the end of the year there goes any hope of a sustained recovery. don't just take my word for it but take your boss' word, a third of manufacturers will put off hiring because of it and 83 percent see a stalemate if their business...
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. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i want to bring in anne kornblut, deputy national politics editor for "washington post," and "usa today" politics reporter jackie kucinich. good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you both. >> good morning. >> anne, let me start with you. there are a number of polls that show nationally a number of different things. what's the big picture here? is it that this is still the horse race? >> i think that's exactly the takeaway, that regardless of what the variations may be in a couple of the, really, the big two polls you mentioned, gallup and pew, it's a close race. i think there was a perception coming out of the conventions and particularly with obama getting something of a bounce going into the debates that obama had a clear edge and that, in fact, it would be very hard to turn this around for romney in the final weeks. what we're seeing now i think is that may not be the case and the october
. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i want to bring in anne kornblut, deputy national politics editor for "washington post," and "usa today" politics reporter jackie kucinich. good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you both. >> good morning. >> anne, let me start with you. there are a number of polls that show nationally a number of...
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economy. apparently tim geithner and company have really low standards. growth has averaged 2% year under president obama lower than the 4 present many forecasts. but don't worry. tim geithner can explain that. the reason for the difference between reality and what was forecast is europe and the summer drought. it is like this administration is looking at a totally different economy than the rest of us. now we want to know what you think. here is our question tonight. tim geithner said the economy is better than anybody thought. do you agree? log onto gerri willis.com. we will share the results at the end of the show. >> coming up on the willis report mitt romney closing in on president obama as the swing state race titans. which candidate will come out on top? we have predictions as gerri willis crunches the numbers next. he is known as the most renowned crusaders for using the wind and the sun to power our country but is president obama it making al gore a winning investor? gerri willis investigate the real facts. currently most gas and electric utiliti
economy. apparently tim geithner and company have really low standards. growth has averaged 2% year under president obama lower than the 4 present many forecasts. but don't worry. tim geithner can explain that. the reason for the difference between reality and what was forecast is europe and the summer drought. it is like this administration is looking at a totally different economy than the rest of us. now we want to know what you think. here is our question tonight. tim geithner said the...
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i'm looking for improved economy. i'm looking for improved financial conditions where we can hire more people. where we can get back to our 20% growth like we were enjoying four years ago. i don't need a tax break. i just don't need an additional tax burden. i don't need the burden of obamacare that is going to further hurt us. melissa: okay. >> i predict that another four years under the same administration, i will have to downsize my company again. and that's what i was warning my employees about. melissa: okay. >> if we have to downsize again, it is their future that is at stake. i'll be fine. it is their future that is at stake. melissa: fair enough. david siegel, thank you so much for your time. i'm sorry we have to go. i hope you come back soon. >> okay. thank you. melissa: here's our question of the day, how would you react if you got a letter like siegel's from your boss? we want to hear what you think. like us on facebook.co facebook.com/melissafrancisfox or follow me on twitter at melissaafrancis. >>> you ge
i'm looking for improved economy. i'm looking for improved financial conditions where we can hire more people. where we can get back to our 20% growth like we were enjoying four years ago. i don't need a tax break. i just don't need an additional tax burden. i don't need the burden of obamacare that is going to further hurt us. melissa: okay. >> i predict that another four years under the same administration, i will have to downsize my company again. and that's what i was warning my...
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. >> big, yellow, a nmenace to ou economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. >> that is a new ad from the obama campaign, cheekily taking on governor romney's vow to end federal subsidies for pbs. public broadcasting funds support shows including sesame street that provide educational programming for children especially those that cannot afford to go to preschool. the total money going to pbs accounts for roughly .00013% of the federal budget. that's a very small amount. despite utterly nominal amount of money on the table the president has been trumpeting the big bird message since the debate. >> thank goodness somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. >> governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again but he's going to bring down the hammer on sesame street. >> elmo has been seen in a white -- in a white suburban. he's driving for the boarder. >> here on the pa
. >> big, yellow, a nmenace to ou economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. >> that is a new ad from the obama campaign, cheekily taking on governor romney's vow to end federal subsidies for pbs. public broadcasting funds support shows including sesame street that provide educational programming for children especially...
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billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. when we got married. i had three kids. and she became the full time mother of three. it was soccer, and ballet, and cheerleading, and baseball. those years were crazy. so, as we go into this next phase, you know, a big part of it for us is that there isn't anything on the schedule. [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ how do you help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. >> schieffer: when i was asked to moderate this year's final debate, someone asked me if i thought the debates were still import
billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. when we got married. i had three kids. and she became the full time mother of three. it was soccer, and ballet, and cheerleading, and baseball. those years were crazy. so, as we go into this next phase, you know, a big part of it for us is that there isn't anything on the schedule. [ male...
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the economy was in freefall. we had the great recession. 9 million people lost their jobs. $1.60 trillion in wealth loss to come equity in your homes, retirement accounts. we immediately went out and rescue general motors. we went ahead and made sure we cut taxes. in addition to that, when that occurred, what did rodney do? -- what did mitt romney do? let detroit go bankrupt. for a guy who says a 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility. my friend recently gave a speech to washington state, a 30% of the american people are takers. these people are my mom and dad. they are elderly people who are living off social security. there are veterans and people fighting in afghanistan right now who are "not paying any taxes." it's about time they take some responsibility. instead of signing pledges, they should be signing a pledge saying to the middle class, we will level the playing field. we will give you a fair shot again. we will not repeat the mistakes we made in the past by having a different s
the economy was in freefall. we had the great recession. 9 million people lost their jobs. $1.60 trillion in wealth loss to come equity in your homes, retirement accounts. we immediately went out and rescue general motors. we went ahead and made sure we cut taxes. in addition to that, when that occurred, what did rodney do? -- what did mitt romney do? let detroit go bankrupt. for a guy who says a 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility. my friend recently gave a speech...
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he did a better job on the economy and bringing the conversation on the middle class. i thought he did a very good job on presenting the economy part of this very well. >> he unloaded on the 47% in a way that obama didn't. >> and in terms of making the best argument for his side, using the passionate arguments about middle class, that is the substance the democrats need to cling to to make their case. >> full of details. he understood the issues. he took the case back to romney/ryan in terms of their programs, their issues and i think the election now will be reset, once again, because joe biden understood exactly what to do tonight. >> all right, bottom line. winner? >> ryan. >> biden. >> biden. >> and how much does it make a difference? >> stops the bleeding. makes the race stay where it is, which is dead even and sets up a big night that has to happen. raises the stakes for tuesday night. >> okay. >> no rolaids for me tonight. no rolaids. >> thank you all very much. ou all very much.t back. and we'll be right back. so you say men are superior drivers? yeah. then how
he did a better job on the economy and bringing the conversation on the middle class. i thought he did a very good job on presenting the economy part of this very well. >> he unloaded on the 47% in a way that obama didn't. >> and in terms of making the best argument for his side, using the passionate arguments about middle class, that is the substance the democrats need to cling to to make their case. >> full of details. he understood the issues. he took the case back to...
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we are right back at the starting line on the economy. this is a failed president. there is no doubt about it. >> greta: the polls are out. some polls, right now, we are starting to see in postdebate polls that the impact of governor romney's win. it looks like governor romney is closing the gap in several swing states. according to a new rasmussen poll. in ohio, president obama is leading romney by 1 percentage point n. virginia, governor romney leads 49-48%. in florida, governor romney leads by 2 percentage points. 49-47. all three are in the markin of error, but they do show gains by governor romney. it appear hes got a bounce? >> he got somewhat of a bounce. this is like a great wave, greta it's vitally important, i think we are not going to see how far the wave rolls up the beach until the polls are taken postdeigate -- post-debate, especially in ohio, if he's tied then or ahead in ohio, after that, and virginia and florida, it is a brand-new ballgame. in ohio, i think that's the critical state and the toughest one for the governor. >> greta: what is interestin
we are right back at the starting line on the economy. this is a failed president. there is no doubt about it. >> greta: the polls are out. some polls, right now, we are starting to see in postdebate polls that the impact of governor romney's win. it looks like governor romney is closing the gap in several swing states. according to a new rasmussen poll. in ohio, president obama is leading romney by 1 percentage point n. virginia, governor romney leads 49-48%. in florida, governor romney...
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where we are with the economy. anemic economic growth, the debt, what it means for the americans and their children, and us and our future. that is where the numbers matter, that is his strength going into this. looking back at governor's debate, he had the numbers and weaved it into the vision for america. neil: do you think he will heat. you voted against the debt commission, i know he felt the debt commission did not address entitlement, is that going to3 fall on deaf years, saying you say one thing and do another? >> i think this is not going to happen, the president is vulnerable in the debt commission, it was his idea, his debt commission, he failed to seize it he did not even take it and alter it, he let it die, that is a lack of leadership, they are vulnerable on that issue, paul ryan did have an idea. and let's put that in contrast with the president, his budget, zero vote from either party. they have a problem there with trying to take ryan to task on it. neil: we're facing a fiscal cliff, as you know, bu
where we are with the economy. anemic economic growth, the debt, what it means for the americans and their children, and us and our future. that is where the numbers matter, that is his strength going into this. looking back at governor's debate, he had the numbers and weaved it into the vision for america. neil: do you think he will heat. you voted against the debt commission, i know he felt the debt commission did not address entitlement, is that going to3 fall on deaf years, saying you say...
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they felt the economy and they're feeling it coming back. and they're seeing it coming back. you can look at the amount of money being thrown at sherrod brown. he's still leading in the polls, and it's an insurmountable amount of money that we've never seen so much this year in any other race. so the fundamentals are against romney in ohio but also the president has done the ground game there. they've done the get out the vote. they've done the register to vote. they've done all the fundamental things that you've got to do if you're going to bring home the bacon in a state that is so vitally important and i don't think the romney people early on realized how important ohio really was. >> it was true before the convention, it was true after the convention, it's true after the debate, there are more paths to electoral college victory for the president than there are for mitt romney. that's just the way the map is. you and i were talking about this in the elevator. even if you put florida into mitt romney's camp, ohio becomes a crucial firewall and the president has a path to vi
they felt the economy and they're feeling it coming back. and they're seeing it coming back. you can look at the amount of money being thrown at sherrod brown. he's still leading in the polls, and it's an insurmountable amount of money that we've never seen so much this year in any other race. so the fundamentals are against romney in ohio but also the president has done the ground game there. they've done the get out the vote. they've done the register to vote. they've done all the fundamental...
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to be interested in something different are seeing economy as a top issue. i think as latino and asian voters and other minority voters, what we want to hear about what does this data mean to me, to the bottom line. i'd love to see that happen in the debates. the actual voter. how is the dream going to be accessible to be. >> which is what biden does really, really well. >> you know what's interesting, melissa, stepping back for a minute, part of the problem with the debates and the natural discussion, we tend to agree with what the facts are. we can't agree what the structural issues are. if we can't agree that this number is the number under the deficit or this platform is the platform for taxes, how can you have a substantive debate? >> the republicans have actively attempted to say that numbers can be manipulated. >> sure. >> we had 7, 8% job numbers. i do think if we're going to have -- we have to have agreement about what constitutes evidence. >> that's my point about why i think biden is a much stronger debater than obama. take one specific a.m. examp
to be interested in something different are seeing economy as a top issue. i think as latino and asian voters and other minority voters, what we want to hear about what does this data mean to me, to the bottom line. i'd love to see that happen in the debates. the actual voter. how is the dream going to be accessible to be. >> which is what biden does really, really well. >> you know what's interesting, melissa, stepping back for a minute, part of the problem with the debates and the...
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but still people in ohio don't feel like the economy's doing well. if you add the people who stopped looking for work twould be almost 10%. that's not acceptable. that's not acceptable. so if you look at if we are going in the right direction, we reflect the nation. we think we are on the wrong track because we know that ohio's economy is not as strong as it should be. we are better the rest of the country, but the rest of the country is in trouble, we near trouble. we understand that. we are not bringing back the jobs like we should. the manufacturing jobs are not coming back. in fact, we see manufacturing job loss. we have seen here in ohio and around the country, more folks going on food stamps, more folk presidency going into poverty, higher gas prices and health care costs. it is the middle class squeeze. mitt romney is proposing new ideas, not just more of the same. >> one of the things that i think is interesting that people don't pay attention, a lot of jobs in the service industry, not manufacturing, which play come back to haunt us in the y
but still people in ohio don't feel like the economy's doing well. if you add the people who stopped looking for work twould be almost 10%. that's not acceptable. that's not acceptable. so if you look at if we are going in the right direction, we reflect the nation. we think we are on the wrong track because we know that ohio's economy is not as strong as it should be. we are better the rest of the country, but the rest of the country is in trouble, we near trouble. we understand that. we are...
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but this is about jobs and the economy and who has the better plan. there is no question that mitt romney's plans are better for ohio, working families. that's why we are going to win. >> greta: ohio has a lower unemployment rate than the national average. i thought that would help the president. is the ohio unemployment level below the new level. if so, can't the president take a bow for that? >> it is. it is a little lower than the national average, about a point below. but still, people in ohio don't feel like the economy's doing well. if you add the people who have stopped looking, that would be 10%. that's not acceptable. so when you look at the polls, are out wrong track, right direction? we reflect the nation. we think we are on the wrong track because we know that ohio's economy is want as strong as it should be. we are better than the rest of the country, but the rest of the country is in trouble. we near trouble, we understand that. we know we're not bringing back the jobs that we should. we have had bad numbers. the manufacturing jobs are n
but this is about jobs and the economy and who has the better plan. there is no question that mitt romney's plans are better for ohio, working families. that's why we are going to win. >> greta: ohio has a lower unemployment rate than the national average. i thought that would help the president. is the ohio unemployment level below the new level. if so, can't the president take a bow for that? >> it is. it is a little lower than the national average, about a point below. but still,...
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it is very dangerous for the economy. mitt romney is not sitting in the seat where he gets a vote, but he should highlight the danger of this to the economy, the importance from here to the spring, and once you get to the spring, you have to do something. you have to commit to raising taxes and cutting spending. politicians hate those things. >> i totally agree with that. i think we need to hear from the candidates that they are serious about getting the deficits down to economically-sustainable levels over the next 10 years and not allow a short-term fiscal clipped to derail the economy. i would also like the default position to be that we revert to what it says in current law. i would like that to be the default, rather than business as usual. signal would you like to hear? >> we have really fallen into a horrible pattern of only making decisions when we face a crisis. the super committee last year was an attempt at a folk crauzx crisis. now we are fiscal cliff that aspirational labeled " -- will force crisis. the thing
it is very dangerous for the economy. mitt romney is not sitting in the seat where he gets a vote, but he should highlight the danger of this to the economy, the importance from here to the spring, and once you get to the spring, you have to do something. you have to commit to raising taxes and cutting spending. politicians hate those things. >> i totally agree with that. i think we need to hear from the candidates that they are serious about getting the deficits down to...
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we changed our plan and did something about our economy. now we know where to go for help if things change again. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get free one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >>> we've got a lot of baseball to get to. let's go quickly, the detroit tigers last night in a game five out in oakland. won 6-0 behind that man, this was a decisive game five. the oakland a's season ending because of justin verlander alone. a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts. an incredible performance. the tigers move on to the alcs. who will they play? more late-night drama in the bronx between the yankees and orioles. after suffering a walkoff loss in extras, orioles facing elimination late into the night. game four down to the wire. we start in the fifth. phil hughes pitched well for the yankees, gave up only that solo home run. the only one he gave up in 6 2/3. eighth inning. 1-1. runners on second and third. one out for alex rodriguez. >> this is his chance to redeem himself. >> lift one into
we changed our plan and did something about our economy. now we know where to go for help if things change again. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get free one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >>> we've got a lot of baseball to get to. let's go quickly, the detroit tigers last night in a game five out in oakland. won 6-0 behind that man, this was a decisive game five. the oakland a's season ending because of justin verlander alone. a complete...
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it was the economy. we should have talked more about the economy and how barak obama would lessen opportunities for economic recovery at the time. instead, i was asked to memorize a whole lot of things about foreign policy that weren't as relevant in the voters' minds has the economy was. so looked at the note cards over a number of days and finally realizing how inconsistent and a bit convoluted some of the answers were at some point the candidate just has to kind of chuck those and decide, i will stand on my own record, my own philosophy, my own principles, making sure they coincide with the top of the ticket's views and we'll go from there in the debate. >> bill: you are went rogue and threw the cards away and were yourself and that's what happened. tonight the vice president is going to throw -- try to throw, and i'm sure did he this to you. let me ask you that question first. you were considered a neofight. governor of alaska. very similar to ryan. this is the first time he's really had this kind of
it was the economy. we should have talked more about the economy and how barak obama would lessen opportunities for economic recovery at the time. instead, i was asked to memorize a whole lot of things about foreign policy that weren't as relevant in the voters' minds has the economy was. so looked at the note cards over a number of days and finally realizing how inconsistent and a bit convoluted some of the answers were at some point the candidate just has to kind of chuck those and decide, i...
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they voted on his leadership and not who would better manage the economy. if you saw john mccain and not moment, he suspended his campaign. he went to washington insider candidate should come within. went back to the campaign trail, was going to be the debate. there's a lot of lurching going on with john mccain at that point. our candidate number one from the campaign trail. he stayed for a midair. he positioned his leadership of the people, with the neighborhoods. john mccain was the voice echoing from the halls of washington. that was the contrast of favorite our candidate. and then to the last point i want to make, which is mind your ceo makes. when john mccain, for example, said i'm going to -- we should put the debate and focus on the bill. our cannadaycannaday's response was less than come i can run a campaign. i can do the debate. i can do more than this. i've got an organization that can handle a lot. i'll be ready for the debate. there is a sense that barack obama was a leader in these moments, too. so i think all of these things are in play on the
they voted on his leadership and not who would better manage the economy. if you saw john mccain and not moment, he suspended his campaign. he went to washington insider candidate should come within. went back to the campaign trail, was going to be the debate. there's a lot of lurching going on with john mccain at that point. our candidate number one from the campaign trail. he stayed for a midair. he positioned his leadership of the people, with the neighborhoods. john mccain was the voice...
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is it better to raise taxes or lower them to improve the economy? are we going to see that picture tonight? >> i think you will. i think you'll see a renewal of the theme if you let these individual tax rates soar up you're also clobering that small, medium-sized entrepreneur who's really a job creation engine. a quarter of all those jobs are in the hands of those folks and they're reacting negatively to the threat of higher taxes. it's one of the reasons that we've seen i think this confidence and lack of uncertainty suffer out there. in other words, people just don't know. we don't actually, larry, have a tax code really. 60 some provisions expired at the end of 2011, 40 some more are expiring this year. thog is known, nothing is certain and that's part of that big looming fiscal cliff that needs tore cleared up. paul ryan has a plan to do that. >> john harwood? >> governor engler, i just want to ask you about two economic issues. one national and one of home state importance to you. one is, we got a lower unemployment number that came out after t
is it better to raise taxes or lower them to improve the economy? are we going to see that picture tonight? >> i think you will. i think you'll see a renewal of the theme if you let these individual tax rates soar up you're also clobering that small, medium-sized entrepreneur who's really a job creation engine. a quarter of all those jobs are in the hands of those folks and they're reacting negatively to the threat of higher taxes. it's one of the reasons that we've seen i think this...
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we did all those things knowing that that is our economy would be heated up. as for john mccain's and here is to rules and regulations and pushing for even harder and tougher regulations, that is another thing that he is known for give look at the tobacco industry. look at campaign finance reform. >> our time is up. aboutr biden, let's talk taxes. you have proposed raising taxes on people who earn more than $250,000. how is that not class warfare? governor palin, you have proposed taxing employer health benefits. i want to know why that is the taking things out on the poor. starting with you, senator biden. >> where i come from it is called fairness, simple fairness. the middle class is struggling. the middle class under john mccain possible tax proposals affect 100 million families, middle-class families. they have not done a single break in taxes. no one making less than $250,000 under barack obama's plan will see a single tax raised. and 95% of the people in the united states of america making less than $150,000 will get a tax break. that seems to me to be
we did all those things knowing that that is our economy would be heated up. as for john mccain's and here is to rules and regulations and pushing for even harder and tougher regulations, that is another thing that he is known for give look at the tobacco industry. look at campaign finance reform. >> our time is up. aboutr biden, let's talk taxes. you have proposed raising taxes on people who earn more than $250,000. how is that not class warfare? governor palin, you have proposed taxing...
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i am looking at the way the economy affect our lives, where the economy gets into our very bodies. it is a book that i wrote because my body arrived in the desert under very particular circumstances in the winter of 1997 when i was broke, broken and on drugs. i was in mexico city where i had been lucky enough to go under a book contract from new york. i got an advance from a new york publishers to write a book, dream come true. in mexico city by november of 1997 i crossed the deadline and didn't have a word written and i was broke and i called the only friend i could count on at that point because my life style led me to destroy a lot of my personal relationships. i called the performance artist from coast to rico who lived in the united states for many years and a solidarity network and politics in the 1980s and i said -- of set of circumstances led her to cruise from topics of central america. everybody has a story in the desert of how they got there. ness service, 100 miles, the town of 29 homes, i saw myself driven to go further out and her friends were in the village near the
i am looking at the way the economy affect our lives, where the economy gets into our very bodies. it is a book that i wrote because my body arrived in the desert under very particular circumstances in the winter of 1997 when i was broke, broken and on drugs. i was in mexico city where i had been lucky enough to go under a book contract from new york. i got an advance from a new york publishers to write a book, dream come true. in mexico city by november of 1997 i crossed the deadline and...
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the economy was in free fall. we had the great recession hit, 9 million people lost their job. 1.7 -- 1.6 trillion in wealth lost in equity in homes and retirement counts for the middle class. we had to agent for the middle class. we rescued regime motors, went ahead and cut taxes for the middle class, and in addition to that, when that occurred, what did romney do? he said, no, let detroit go bankrupt. we moved in and helped people refinance their homes. governor omney said, no, let foreclosures hit the bottom. it's not surprising for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. my friend in washington said 30% of the american people are takers. these people are my mom and dad, the people i grew up with, my neighbors. they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in the federal income tax. they are elderly people who, in fact, live off of social security. there are veterans and people fighting in afghanistan right now, quote, not paying any taxes. i h
the economy was in free fall. we had the great recession hit, 9 million people lost their job. 1.7 -- 1.6 trillion in wealth lost in equity in homes and retirement counts for the middle class. we had to agent for the middle class. we rescued regime motors, went ahead and cut taxes for the middle class, and in addition to that, when that occurred, what did romney do? he said, no, let detroit go bankrupt. we moved in and helped people refinance their homes. governor omney said, no, let...
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but the cost of everything has gone up in this economy. that is one of the reasons we had last schools, about 38 schools submitted this round, where 10 or 12 years ago, we had close to 40 or 50. >> let's move to the format. tonight these two gentlemen will be seated, as were the vice presidential contenders in 2000. why is that? >> the commission has studied long and hard over the years and we think the nature and tenor of discourse changes when you are seated around a table. we recommend this time as we did four years ago that all of the debate other than the town hall meeting, which is different, which will be next week, all of them are seated at a table. four years ago, senator obama and senator mccain asked us to do one with the podium. they did the same this time with the governor and the president. we are not going to argue about the format as long as they don't touch the integrity of the format itself. we think a better format in getting full discussion of issues in depth of discussion of issues is when you are seated at a table, ra
but the cost of everything has gone up in this economy. that is one of the reasons we had last schools, about 38 schools submitted this round, where 10 or 12 years ago, we had close to 40 or 50. >> let's move to the format. tonight these two gentlemen will be seated, as were the vice presidential contenders in 2000. why is that? >> the commission has studied long and hard over the years and we think the nature and tenor of discourse changes when you are seated around a table. we...
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his an state of the economy and whether the president is partially or enough to blame for the bad economy, he's going to lose. that's why you see the president has been launching all the attacks against bain and all the other things he's been doing. so that's been the weakness and the numbers, too, that i'm looking for on the inside the polls are mitt romney's attributes and his ratings among independents because forget whether the polls are skewed for ds or rs, as long as mitt romney keeps winning independents, chances are mitt romney's going to win. in this pew poll, he won independents today, having nothing to do with whether it's skewed one party or the other. that's something to keep your eye on. romney's favorability is moving up, obama's are moving down. mitt romney's winning independents. >> it is just amazing how quickly narratives change in this election. last week, it was, you know, doomsday for romney, then the debate happened. who knows what it's going to be next week. is it still wide open? >> i think it's moved from a race that was heavily tilted toward obama, the president
his an state of the economy and whether the president is partially or enough to blame for the bad economy, he's going to lose. that's why you see the president has been launching all the attacks against bain and all the other things he's been doing. so that's been the weakness and the numbers, too, that i'm looking for on the inside the polls are mitt romney's attributes and his ratings among independents because forget whether the polls are skewed for ds or rs, as long as mitt romney keeps...